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SUMMARY:Standing Against Authoritarianism: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, Belarus’ Opposition Leader on Fighting the Lukashenko Regime from Exile
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by World Affairs Council of Orange County \nConversation moderated by: \nMelinda Haring\, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center \n— \nHosted in Partnership with UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies \n— \nA Zoom webinar event \nThursday\, March 3\, 2022\, at 9:00 AM PST \nSpeaker Bio: \nSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces who independent observers agree won the presidential election on August 9\, 2020\, against the autocratic President Aliaksandr Lukashenka. \nAs the leader of the Belarusian democratic movement\, she has visited 26 countries\, gathering support and advocating for the release of almost a 1000 of political prisoners and a peaceful transition of power through free and fair elections. In meetings with President Biden\, Chancellor Merkel\, President Macron\, President von der Leyen\, President Charles Michel\, and other world leaders\, Tsikhanouskaya emphasized the need for a braver response to the actions of the Belarusian dictatorship. \nTsikhanouskaya’s story began when she entered the race after her husband Siarhei Tsikhanousky was arrested for voicing his presidential aspirations. Lukashenka publicly dismissed her as a “housewife\,” saying that a woman cannot become president. Nonetheless\, Tsikhanouskaya united and successfully led the democratic coalition along with two other leaders\, Maria Kalesnikava and Veranika Tsapkala. Following her forced exile\, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya inspired unprecedented peaceful protests in Belarus\, with some rallies numbering at least 200\,000 people. \nIn 2020–2022\, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya became a symbol of the peaceful struggle for democracy and strong female leadership. Among dozens of distinctions\, she is a recipient of the Sakharov Prize awarded by the European Parliament\, 2022 International Four Freedoms Award\, and Charlemagne Prize. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Members of the Norwegian Parliament. Tsikhanouskaya has been recognized in Bloomberg’s Top 50 Most Influential People\, Financial Times’ Top 12 Most Influential Women\, and Politico’s Top 28 Most Influential Europeans. \nModerator Bio: \nMelinda Haring is the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Previously\, she was the editor of the Atlantic Council’s popular publication\, the UkraineAlert blog. She is the author of the report Reforming the democracy bureaucracy (FPRI\, 2013) coauthor of Biden and Ukraine: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Biden and Belarus: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Ukraine’s internally displaced persons hold a key to peace (Atlantic Council\, 2017)\, and a contributor to Does democracy matter? (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2017). \nHaring has worked for Eurasia Foundation\, Freedom House\, and the National Democratic Institute\, where she managed democracy assistance programs in Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, and Russia. A graduate of Georgetown University\, she holds an MA in Government with a certificate in Russian\, Eurasian\, and East European Studies. \nHaring is the vice-chair of the board of East Europe Foundation in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, a member of the supervisory board of Right to Protection in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/standing-against-authoritarianism-sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-belarus-opposition-leader-on-fighting-the-lukashenko-regime-from-exile/
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